The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-04-27
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Lambertville Record.
Lambertville, Hunterdon, N. J.
AMONG THE CHURCHES.


Movements Of Interest in the Religious
World Home and Abroad.
The English Wesleyans are talking of
celebrating the centenary of John Wesley's
death. which took place on March 2, 1871.
The Free VIII Baptists of America re-
port s2,ssS members, an increase during the
year of 1905; l,542 churches and ,s0i ordained
ministers.
The receipts Of the American Board
of Missions are nearly $4,000 less for the first
six months of its current fiscal year than for
the same time the preceding year.
There are sixteen Lutheran bodies in
this country, with about 1850 congregations.
Four of these are large synods. and twelve av-
erage less than 200 churches each.
The Church of England received last
year in voluntary offerings $S,9O6,25O for the
building and restoration of churches and par
sonages and the endowment of benefces.
The Presbytery of Alaska covers a
wide territory. At its recent meeting one
member travelled nineteen days in a canoe in
order to be present. Another had to be six
weeks from home. The meeting was at Fort
wrangelI.
The AdUance says: at will be sur.
prise to some 10 learn that there are within the
United States as MANY as sixty-four tribes of
Indians embracing 6s,0 900 persons, who are still
without a missionary. OF these 5000 are
Navajo and other Apaches of New Mexico and
Arizona
With the last 100 years the number of
translations Of the Word has increased from 50
to $50: the number of Protestant missionary
societies, from to 100; Of male missionaries,
from 10 to 1900; contributions have increased
fOnsaA NM
yerts from $1,000 to 100000; mission schools,
from 20 to above 1l,OO0.
The Central Mission Sunday school of
Chicago is, according to the Tribune of that
city, the largest one in Christendom, having on
its roll over $500 names, and the average at
tendance being over 5000. This Sunday-school
is taught like no other Sunday school in the
universe. There are no teachers and classes in
the ordinary sense the whole school is one big
class. and it's teacher is Mr.. Holmes.
The Catholics of France are solving
the educational question their own way. The
government withdrew from the theological
faculties of the Catholic Church all financial
and, and the latter thereupon at once began to
establish universities of their own, over which
they could have absolute control In the last
ten years no less than five such schools have
been organized, and all are In good working
order.
The whole Protestant world is now en-
gagged in missionary work, the United States ri
vaiing Great Britain, while Germany spends
nearly R130O00 a year on the object, and Finland
has mission of her own, we presume, among
the Esquimaux. The societies have established
native churches all over the world, which now
number 100000 communicates, and, of course,
a vast multitude of children who will be
brought up in the Christian faith.
A movement is on foot throughout the
]atholic world to make magnificent money
present to Pope XIII on the occasion of his
golden jubilee. Italy has already subscribed
$4,000, mostly in penny contributions Naples
is to send throne of gold; the Circulo di St.
Luigi of Milan, a magnificent gold pen, and
the officers of the Pontifical Guards are pre-
parIne massive inkstand in gold and silver of
Renaissance style, surmounted by the statue
eli the archangei Michael.